Last Saturday, dozens of angry Palestinians stormed the border gates after Egypt had delayed its opening by three hours. Palestinian border officials had said three buses with upward of 180 passengers waited several hours to cross the Rafah border.

Egyptian authorities had claimed that the delay was due to construction
at the crossing, the only open border for Palestinians living in the
Gaza Strip.

Then, just when Egypt reopened the border, Hamas kept it closed to Palestinians seeking to enter into the Sinai peninsula.

Egypt eased travel restrictions on Palestinians seeking to cross Rafah into Sinai in May, a move that
showed Cairo's greater support for the Palestinians in post-Mubarak
Egypt.